Card for 6/22 Dynamite/6/24 Rampage: The Door's Almost Open!

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On the road to Forbidden Door, and for the Go Home to the PPV we are on the home stretch to the big crossover event! What does AEW have in store for the week before it? Let's find out!

Dynamite:

- Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Chris Jericho and Lance Archer

- ALL ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH QUALIFIER: Malakai Black vs Penta Oscuro

- Orange Cassidy and Roppongi Vice vs Will Ospreay and Aussie Open

- Toni Storm vs Marina Shafir

- Bryan Danielson addresses his status for Forbidden Door and Blood and Guts

- Christian addresses his heinous attack on Jungle Boy!


Rampage: 

- HOOK vs a New Japan LA Dojo standout


All this and more! As always update the card as more is revealed and discuss what is already here! Here's to another exciting week of AEW Action!

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ADDED TO DYNAMITE:

Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Chris Jericho and Lance Archer

ADDED TO RAMPAGE:

HOOK vs a New Japan LA Dojo standout

[markymark]

[clifford]

Jun 20, 2022 17:16:30 GMT -5 markymark said:

Hmm. Gut reaction is that he's pulling out of both. Must've suffered a head injury at Anarchy in the Arena and has to be real careful given his past history of brain injury

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Jun 20, 2022 17:19:51 GMT -5 clifford said:

Jun 20, 2022 17:16:30 GMT -5 markymark said:

Hmm. Gut reaction is that he's pulling out of both. Must've suffered a head injury at Anarchy in the Arena and has to be real careful given his past history of brain injury

I don't think it's a head injury given they originally thought he would only be out 1-2 weeks and they wouldn't think that if Danielson of all people had a concussion. I imagine it would an injury elsewhere that took longer to heal than they expected. I don't think they'd fly him in to say he's not wrestling but I could be wrong. But this does make me think the odds of him wrestling there are higher. Hell, the graphic has him and the two logos there.

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Jun 20, 2022 17:16:30 GMT -5 markymark said:

He's either pulling out, or what I'm thinking, is he's going to make his match with ZSJ official, and also commit to Blood and Guts with Kingston

Hopefully it's the latter, with Punk down, they need Dragon.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

I'm excited for the in-ring of Forbidden Door but this show got snakebit and most of its matches have been built like trash, and then the weight of huger stories all around it keep eclipsing it. I just hope Tony can learn off of this all.

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Jun 20, 2022 18:29:40 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

I'm excited for the in-ring of Forbidden Door but this show got snakebit and most of its matches have been built like trash, and then the weight of huger stories all around it keep eclipsing it. I just hope Tony can learn off of this all.

I mean a large portion of it isn't even Tony's fault

Punk got hurt

CMLL screwed up Andrade and Lucha Bros matches

Okada seems to be staying home with his wife due to her pregnancy 

If this is a yearly event, like I hope it is, it will leave plenty open for it.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Jun 20, 2022 18:31:24 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jun 20, 2022 18:29:40 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

I'm excited for the in-ring of Forbidden Door but this show got snakebit and most of its matches have been built like trash, and then the weight of huger stories all around it keep eclipsing it. I just hope Tony can learn off of this all.

I mean a large portion of it isn't even Tony's fault

Punk got hurt

CMLL screwed up Andrade and Lucha Bros matches

Okada seems to be staying home with his wife due to her pregnancy 

If this is a yearly event, like I hope it is, it will leave plenty open for it.

Some of it isn't Tony's fault. Some of it is. The whole "Book the PPV two weeks out" works a lot worse when a good lot of your audience doesn't even know who half the card is. Shota Umino got mentioned last week, and I know who Shooter is, and I know where that association with Moxley is. But the name is meaningless to anyone else and frankly the guy doesn't even have some stellar highlight reel you can just send people on Youtube to make them get it.

[MrElijah]

Jun 20, 2022 18:41:34 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

Jun 20, 2022 18:31:24 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I mean a large portion of it isn't even Tony's fault

Punk got hurt

CMLL screwed up Andrade and Lucha Bros matches

Okada seems to be staying home with his wife due to her pregnancy 

If this is a yearly event, like I hope it is, it will leave plenty open for it.

Some of it isn't Tony's fault. Some of it is. The whole "Book the PPV two weeks out" works a lot worse when a good lot of your audience doesn't even know who half the card is. Shota Umino got mentioned last week, and I know who Shooter is, and I know where that association with Moxley is. But the name is meaningless to anyone else and frankly the guy doesn't even have some stellar highlight reel you can just send people on Youtube to make them get it.

Tony needs a Pat Patterson and the guy who put together 2000 WWF on his booking team, IMHO.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

Jun 20, 2022 18:31:24 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jun 20, 2022 18:29:40 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

I'm excited for the in-ring of Forbidden Door but this show got snakebit and most of its matches have been built like trash, and then the weight of huger stories all around it keep eclipsing it. I just hope Tony can learn off of this all.

I mean a large portion of it isn't even Tony's fault

Punk got hurt

CMLL screwed up Andrade and Lucha Bros matches

Okada seems to be staying home with his wife due to her pregnancy 

If this is a yearly event, like I hope it is, it will leave plenty open for it.

I think if it happens next year, they need more time between the PPV and New Japan's closest big show. The timing of Dominion made some of the match announcements come pretty late in the game.

[markymark]

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Jun 21, 2022 13:47:28 GMT -5 markymark said:

This could be the best part of the night, tbh

[markymark]

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Jun 21, 2022 16:57:03 GMT -5 markymark said:

Marina really needs to put on a good performance here after the last two TV spots she had, Toni's one of the best workers I think you'll find not just on this roster but any. Hope they can put on a good match together.

[Cyno]

I'm not sure if it's nerves working TV tapings or she just isn't a good worker, but I haven't been impressed with either of Shafir's outings. Which is a shame because I really want to root for her as a Jewish wrestler. If it's former, I hope she gets over them, soon. If it's the latter, not sure if Toni is the right person to get a good match out of her.

[Jacy Jayne Atomic Dog AMV]

What if Toni comes out to Barracuda and we all gaslit eachother like no dude she's come out to that the whole time weirdo

[markymark]

Her only solid match was vs Jade and that was due to TK editing skills lol, if Marina flops again she will probably never be on tv for a long time.

[Facetious]

Jun 21, 2022 17:14:58 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I'm not sure if it's nerves working TV tapings or she just isn't a good worker, but I haven't been impressed with either of Shafir's outings. Which is a shame because I really want to root for her as a Jewish wrestler. If it's former, I hope she gets over them, soon. If it's the latter, not sure if Toni is the right person to get a good match out of her.

She's the first MMA crossover I've seen thaw wrestling has not clicked for. It's kinda strange and unfortunate

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Jun 21, 2022 17:14:58 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I'm not sure if it's nerves working TV tapings or she just isn't a good worker, but I haven't been impressed with either of Shafir's outings. Which is a shame because I really want to root for her as a Jewish wrestler. If it's former, I hope she gets over them, soon. If it's the latter, not sure if Toni is the right person to get a good match out of her.

Toni had a pretty good match with Zeda Zhang on Dark, and I'd describe Zhang as a less good Shafir (in that she's an ex-MMA fighter who's got a wide moveset and top notch athleticism but doesn't really put it together into a coherent match most of the time)